The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-24
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The best skirt.supporter A woman.
Makes tracks The railroad builder.

The best skirt.supporter Awoman
| Makes tracks The railroad builder
/ A stirring speech Pass me spoon"
Aregular topper is a very irregular citizen.
4 An unfortunate man says he has one suit
that will last him all winter--a lawsuit
There are two very loud colors worn by
! schoolboys this season, rattan and yeller,
and they usually go together:
a smart young man picked up u flower
in the ballroom after all the girls had gone,
| and sang, ''Tis the lost rose of some her. /"
If conscience is what makes towards of
us all, there ought to be a great many very
brave men these days.
Young ladies who arc anxious to marry
should bear In mind that a sealed propossl
can be sent by mail for two cents.
You can't expect man TO exert much of
an influence in this world who is too INV
to exert himself. ...,. ''"'
NO moro personal reilectionsr - exclaimed
the edttor-in' chief, as he threw a crooked
looking, glass out Of the Office window.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man
but Tor ono man who can stand prosner;iy
sity. - :, " i ,' N'"'i' Wv ""''i
"Why do you shivcr?" was asked n Moor
little boy at the city hail. That's the
only way can keep warm, sir" was the
pathetic reply. -. w Wv
California is no longer the favored
ground Of the miner. The annual value Of
the fruit product is almost equal to that of
the mines. - l.-.. ,', -
When Clara was asked what she would
40 II nice young gentleman should ask
her hand in marriage, she naivcly replied,
Il don't think I'd no."
A German dcrmatologist says badness is
catching Yes, gentlemen with bald patcs
complain that they catch it from all quar-
ters.
1t may be of interest to know that a
chemist has discovered that fair qualities Of
rum and whisky can be made from sorghum
molasscss.
"A young lady recently made the ascent
OF Mont Blanc. 1t is rumored that she
thought her husband was on the top with
another woman.
a young man who left his Charmcrs
front gate in hurried manner and lit away
out in The street asserts that her father was
afflicted with palDitation of the feet
Mama, what is hush?" "Why, dear,
what makes you ask such a uuestion?'
Cause when l asked sister what made
her dress stick out behind she said Hush E"
The Yankee seamen used TO be the best
In the world. The crews shipped now.a-
days are almost wholly made up of men of
foreign nationality, chiefly Germans and
Swedes.
a Wyoming man recently blew out his
brains because he had the rheumatism. If
he thought that his rheumatism was caused
by too much brains hemust have been sad
ly mistaken.
"a farmers wife" wants to know if we
can recommend anything to destroy the
common grub" We guess the next
| tramp that comes along could obligc you if
the family can't stand your cooking
1t will harrow up the feelings of scnti
| mental people to learn that the ballad
| Comm Thro' the Rye" does not refer to a
hcld OF grain, but to a little stream in Scot
| land. There are others who use it to refer
to mixture Of grain and water.
An inquirer asked what he should do
with horse that was troubled with period.
lcal dizziness, and the editor answered in
these words: "Our advice would be to
take the horse some day when he is not
dizzy and sell him to stranger"
"What comes after T?" asked teacher
of small boy who was learning the alpha.
bet. You do, sir, to see Sister Josie. -
There was an audible litter among the more
advanced pupils, which Of course was
quickly suppressed.
There is single sentence in the Eng
lish foreign enlistment act which contains
six hundred words" a longer sentence
was that of Il New York Judge the other
day. In contains twenty years.
a southern Dakota man recently prom
iscd his dying wife that he would meet her
in heaven. When the fact became known
that the man was an editor, the joke was
regarded as too good to keep.
The colorcd folks at Washington have re.
solved that the Frccdman's Bank swindlc
was "thc most sinful swindlc that ever
stained earth OF shocked high heaven. !"
This lets the trade dollar out little
| "Wcll, / swow" declared Farmer Jones;
''thcsc literary chaps have the durndest
ideas. Talkin' about the shadtlcr of the
| grave! Now who ever heard of hole in
the ground maxim shaddcr?"
Beecher's Belief.